parched earth for love to drink its water lost on those who drink its river

Reflection:

Does abundance blind the view of those without?

Writing prompt:

Are you parched earth, or in the river? Describe it.

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if i never came i'd never know what i've seen if i never leave i'll never see the rest of everything

Reflection:

After 37 years of wandering, rambling, drifting, living on well-worn trails with a view of constant change, following seasons of the sun as I age along the way, I've come to a simple conclusion. I call it my Wanderer’s Summation.

Writing Prompt:

If you sum up the knowledge and wisdom of your life experience, what summation would it be?

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for what i haven't seen i see through you in such a way to taste touch and feel the experience full

Reflection:

To see all of life, look through others’ eyes.

Writing Prompt:

What would you lose without the story of others’ lives?

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little flower leaning towards the sun adorned with the smile of a thousand blooms

Reflection:

Divine reliance can crown us with beauty and humility.

Writing Prompt:

Go to a mirror. Write who you see.

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how deep the souls of poets bleed on sheets of white in tangled dreams nor know the endless hour be between dark of night and morning from birth of life 'til cold closed eyes a poet's poem we read

Reflection:

Poets’ and Writers’ words expose their minds, like drops of red on sheets of white.

Writing Prompt:

Make a list of six words that expose your strengths and weaknesses. Now write each word separately in a sentance to describe yourself.

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the morning glow of amber red in your eyes from smoke-filled skies and last goodbyes

Reflecton:

I wrote this end of summer ‘23, while the burning West burned. Every year when show season ends, the skies are fire red. That morning included my heart.

Writing Prompt:

Write a four line story of a last goodbye. Include your heart.

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i don't do these things once as if to hold or preserve a moment forever i do them i forget then live again to remember until there's nothing left that's fleeting except the rush of repeating again and again

Reflection:

I don't carry space for nostalgia, because life is now, not then.

Writing Prompt:

What makes your life more beautiful now, or greater than, then?

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her petals have bloomed from the womb of her garden where in her garden we played like frolicking children til children became the fruit of love's harvest

Reflection:

Love is a circle.

Writing prompt:

Who loves in your circle?

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layers on layers of dust in desolation brown earth piercing sun a deafening silence so loud screams in echoes run!

Reflection:

I live seasons of fast and seasons of slow. And every year the transition point between the two, explodes.

Writing Prompt:

What does your life look like moving fast? What does it look like moving slow?

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